Monday nights, 6PM, at Awesome Inc., we meet up to expose ourselves to indie games. C’mon out and look at how small game designers are pushing the medium, or bring something to share.
This week: Fig. 8, Arcade Bike Polo, Fractured, Robot Unicorn Attack, Westerado, Winnie the Pooh’s Home Run Derby, Red Rogue, Surgeon Simulator 2013, and You Have One Minute.
Details after the jump.
Fig. 8
1p, action, web (flash), free
Fig. 8 features top-down bicycle driving set to classical music, carving elegant paths through technical drawings. Serene.
Arcade Bike Polo
1-2p local, action-sport, win/mac, free
Arcade Bike Polo is a hardcourt bicycle polo game originally made for F*** This Jam. From Molleindustria, the makers of Unmanned and Every Day the Same Dream.
Fractured
1p, action, web (flash), free
Fractured is a platformer in which you try to reunite a lost child with his mother. You’re given a scrambled view of each level, and it’s likely a jump across a fragment’s edge won’t take you to the place you expect. Touching the mother rewards you with a view of the level as it was constructed.
Robot Unicorn Attack
1p, action, web (flash), free
Robot Unicorn Attack is a polished endless runner set to Erasure’s “Always”. Rainbows, glitter, and dolphins abound.
Westerado
1p, action-mystery, web (flash), free
Westerado is a western mystery, where you and your sixshooter hafta track down the criminal who mowed down your family. Ask questions, shoot people/bottles/buffalo.
Winnie the Pooh’s Home Run Derby
1p, sport, web (flash), free
Winnie the Pooh’s Home Run Derby is a brutally-difficult home run batting game. Time your swing to the incoming pitch for maximum distance. The Japanese edition, linked here, is reportedly much harder than the English version.
Red Rogue
1p, rpg-roguelike, win/mac/linux/web (flash), free
Red Rogue is a procedurally-generated dungeon crawler. No extra button presses, just run into things to use and/or kill them. Arm yourself or your minion with equipment and spells. Level up. Minimal art style with spots of color.
Surgeon Simulator 2013
1p, simulation, win/mac/linux/web (unity), free
Surgeon Simulator 2013 is a ridiculous surgery simulator. Built by members of Bossa Studios in 48 hours for the Global Game Jam, this incredibly-polished experience is part QWOP (flex simulated fingers one at a time) and part crane game. Awkwardly manipulate an array of tools to perform terrible, terrible surgery/murder. The game went on to gather a whole lot of coverage this week, and you can now vote for it on Steam Greenlight.
You Have One Minute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx4dAwx7UhY
1p, puzzle, windows, free
You Have One Minute, built for the Global Game Jam, is a puzzler in the guise of an action game. Your space marine is running to stop an alien missile from destroying the world. As the marine approaches missiles and tanks, the game slows and stops, giving you a small amount of time to queue up a survival solution using running, jumping, and jetpack tactics. If your projected path ends in a skull, it ain’t good enough.
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See you next week, runners.